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- Leaders' Questions (14 Mar 2013)
Micheál Martin: -----and articulately that it should be the case.
- Leaders' Questions (14 Mar 2013)
Micheál Martin: My point is that when the deputy Governor of the Central Bank says there has to be a significant number of repossessions that does not tally with the language of only in extremis.
- Leaders' Questions (14 Mar 2013)
Micheál Martin: It does not tally with the Taoiseach's claim that it would be only in very extreme cases. There is something missing in the equation. The Secretary General of the Department of Finance, John Moran, is saying very clearly that there must be a significant number of repossessions. The Deputy Governor of the Central Bank is saying there must be a significant number of repossessions but the...
- Leaders' Questions (14 Mar 2013)
Micheál Martin: There is a big gap or lacuna between the reality of what the Central Bank officials are saying and what the Minister and politicians are saying.
- Leaders' Questions (14 Mar 2013)
Micheál Martin: The people on the ground are telling us the reality of what is happening.
- Leaders' Questions (14 Mar 2013)
Micheál Martin: I have been interrupted non-stop. The people on the ground are telling us what is happening in their engagement with the banks.
- Leaders' Questions (14 Mar 2013)
Micheál Martin: The Government Deputies all know this. We have all heard about small business owners whose overdrafts were cut and so on. The same is now happening to mortgage holders.
- Leaders' Questions (14 Mar 2013)
Micheál Martin: I invite people to go out and knock on doors and listen to what people are saying.
- Leaders' Questions (14 Mar 2013)
Micheál Martin: Dealing with the banks on a daily basis is very different from what officialdom says is happening. People are worried with very good reason because of the behaviour of the banks towards them.
- Leaders' Questions (14 Mar 2013)
Micheál Martin: That is not what John Moran is saying.
- Leaders' Questions (14 Mar 2013)
Micheál Martin: The Labour Ministers attacked him.
- Leaders' Questions (14 Mar 2013)
Micheál Martin: I have read it. He said our repossessions are much lower than anywhere else.
- Order of Business (14 Mar 2013)
Micheál Martin: The election of Pope Francis has received considerable attention in the Irish and global media. I pay warm tribute to RTE for its excellent coverage of the papal election, which reflects the strong connection between many Irish people and the Vatican and the papacy. I congratulate Pope Francis and wish him every success. Approximately 18 months ago the Government decided to withdraw the...
- Order of Business (14 Mar 2013)
Micheál Martin: Is this not a good opportunity to restore the embassy? It is a new era. A considerable number of people were offended by the decision.
- Order of Business (14 Mar 2013)
Micheál Martin: There is an opportunity with the Finance Bill to correct the financial difficulties.
- Order of Business (14 Mar 2013)
Micheál Martin: On forthcoming legislation, I have never seen such a crisis in morale among An Garda Síochána in my political life as I see now. This is very serious, and we are at a tipping point. It is not all down to Croke Park II, although that has been a contributing and exacerbating factor. Gardaí feel bad about that agreement and feel it does not respect the role they play on a 24-7...
- Other Questions: Overseas Missions (14 Mar 2013)
Micheál Martin: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will report on the Defence Forces mission in Mali; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13265/13]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Institutes of Technology (14 Mar 2013)
Micheál Martin: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that IT Tallaght has spent €3.5 million from non Exchequer resources as part of the preparatory phase of a major capital work which his Department included in its commitments under the public capital programme but which has subsequently not been funded; his views on whether it fair that the...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Institutes of Technology (14 Mar 2013)
Micheál Martin: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the equity of IT Tallaght losing €3.5 million from student, non Exchequer resources due to the failure of the State to provide promised capital funding; and if his attention has been drawn to the fact that this has significant implications for an institute. [13540/13]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Trusts (20 Mar 2013)
Micheál Martin: To ask the Minister for Health when the new hospital groups will be formed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13861/13]